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2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryBahamas
CityNassau
Dates11–16 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2023
2027

The 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship will be the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by CONCACAF teams. The tournament will take place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.[1] [2]

The two finalists will qualify to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The United States are the defending champions.

Teams

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A total of 8 teams will compete in the tournament.[1][2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahamas (hosts) 9th Fourth place (2023)
 Costa Rica 11th Runners-up (2009, 2015)
 El Salvador 10th Champions (2009, 2021)
 Guatemala 7th Third place (2021)
 Mexico 11th Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Panama 6th Champions (2017)
 Trinidad and Tobago 7th Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States (title holders) 11th Champions (2006, 2013, 2023)

Draw

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The draw was held at 11:00 EST on 26 November 2024 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1][2]

The teams were first divided into four pots of two based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of 26 February 2024. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The teams from each of Pots 1–4 were drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.[3]

Squads

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Each team submits a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

Group stage

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Points are earned for the following results:

  • 3 points for a win in regulation time
  • 2 points for a win in extra time
  • 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
  • no points for a loss.

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.[1][2]

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2025. Source: Concacaf

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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2025. Source: Concacaf

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
 
 
16 March
 
 
 
 
 
15 March
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place match
 
 
16 March
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

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Third place match

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Final

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Awards

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The following awards will be given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Golden Ball (Best Player)
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Fair Play Award

Top goalscorers

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There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 10 March 2025). Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
15 March 2025
15 March 2025
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Bahamas named host for 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". Concacaf. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Draw reveals groups for 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". Concacaf. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "BEACH SOCCER | RANKINGS". Concacaf. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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